In a Thousand Words

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Opened in late 2008 with a much-hyped bang on Dubai's even more hyped Palm Jumeirah island, the Atlantis resort is certainly worth a visit. We rode the monorail on the Palm and other than a brief foray into the shopping center, mostly admired the resort from the outside.

View of the resort from the monorail.

The monorail gives the best location for a good frontal photo.

View from the back.

The highly-coloured domed ceilings in some parts of the shopping center.....couldn't fit the entire painting into the shot :)

Friday, March 27, 2009

My friend Reflections recently put up pictures of the latest entrant in Dubai's lavish mall galaxy - the Dubai Mall. Specifically, the pictures were of the ceilings. If you're a stranger to Dubai's shopping scene, you might be forgiven for asking what's special about the ceilings. In my experience, a walk through most malls in Dubai will have you looking up (and gaping!) as much as you look around.

Anyway, those lovely pictures prompted me to check my pic stash, and as it turns out, I do have a few ceiling shots of my current favourite mall in Dubai (in terms of decor and design) - the must-visit Ibn Batutta Mall.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Somewhere along the line, rather unintentionally, I became a hibiscus clicker! Its not like they're my favourite flowers, but I feel compelled to click whenever I see one, and this is what I've got so far:

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

We headed out to Lalbagh Botanical Gardens last Sunday morning, and on the drive over we noticed that our favourite tree - the Tabebuia - had burst into bloom in this absolutely stunning, vivid pink. Got a chance to click only once we reached Lalbagh.